Mental Health resources

84 printable resources for Mental Health: patient and caregiver education handouts, therapy materials, clinical references and evaluation tools for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists. Written and reviewed by practicing clinicians, ready to print, and included in a Therapy Insights membership.

An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care and Practice

AdultPediatricOTSLPArticulation and PhonologyAutismLanguage DevelopmentMental HealthPediatric Brain Injury
This course will provide a concise yet comprehensive introduction to trauma-informed care and practice for rehab professionals. Participants will learn how to utilize trauma-informed care in their practice and explore the impact of exposure to trauma and the incidence of trauma in different populations and clinical contexts.
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Effect of Occupational Therapy Program to Promote Well-Being in People with Experiences of Mental Illness – Quasi-Experimental Study (2021)

AdultOTMental Health
This study utilized a quasi-experimental design with an intervention group receiving standard OT (employment programs, psychosocial programs, voluntary planning, handicrafts, and recreation) in a day hospital with the addition of an OT program to promote well-being. The control group only received standard OT. Both groups received 12 weeks of intervention and four weeks of follow-up. […]
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Follow-Up Analyses From a Wait-List Controlled Trial of Occupational Therapist-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Among Veterans With Chronic Insomnia (2022)

AdultMental Health
This study utilized a wait-list controlled trial with a three-month follow-up of the REST intervention delivered by an OT. REST is a 7-week multicomponent CBT–I intervention that uses concurrent weekly 1:1 and group formats with an emphasis on sleep restriction, stimulus control, and sleep hygiene treatments on the basis of best practice in CBT–I. In […]
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Sleep: The Third Pillar of Health – Importance of Getting It & How to Improve It

AdultOTSLPAgingMental Health
Sleep is important to health; we know that now without a doubt. We can’t reap the full benefits of our good diet/exercise if we aren’t sleeping well. This presentation is about the most up to date science on why sleep is important, costs of not getting enough or good quality sleep, our sleep systems and […]
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Healthy Coping: Brief Behavioral Strategies for Clinicians and Patients

AdultOTSLPMental Health
Clinicians and patients equally struggle with stress and anxiety (among other mental health symptoms) that can impact energy, motivation, and, ultimately, therapeutic outcomes. There are several brief behavioral health interventions that actively target physiological and psychological symptoms of stress and anxiety that are simple, effective, straightforward to use, and easy to teach.
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Keeping Your Passion Burning Without Burning Out

AdultPediatricMental Health
Burnout is a type of work-related stress. For those of us that love our work and our job, it can feel very disorienting to balance the emotions of loving the work and also feeling burnt out. In this course, we will explore what burnout is, what possible causes can be, and how we can protect […]
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Occupational Therapy and Mental Health: An Overview

AdultOTMental Health
Regardless of your role in occupational therapy, all areas of practice will encounter individuals with mental illness and across the spectrum of mental health. This course aims to provide a broad overview of occupational therapy’s role in mental health, including practical tools to address mental health across all practice areas.
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Rehabilitation After Medical Trauma: Reinvent the Heal

AdultOTSLPMental Health
Medical trauma is newly understood as a distinct expression of post-traumatic stress arising from exposure to healthcare. In the age of COVID-19, with record numbers of harrowing and prolonged ICU stays, medical trauma is on the rise. This course will prepare rehab therapists to identify risk factors and reduce the harmful effects of therapy procedures […]
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Strategies for Rehabilitation Therapists to Avoid Burnout

AdultOTMental Health
Burnout is very prevalent among rehabilitation therapists. We give 100% of ourselves and it is important that we take the steps necessary to avoid burnout. Learn confidence-boosting strategies, self-advocacy, resiliency, and self-care strategies to manage a stressful career, family, and personal life for balance and overall wellness.
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Work Stress and Burnout: What They Are and How to Manage Them

AdultOTSLPMental Health
This course will discuss stress and burnout in terms of what they are, how they happen, what impacts they have on work performance and satisfaction, and how to address them. This course will also apply the concepts of work stress and burnout as they relate to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exacerbated symptoms of burnout […]
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